Definition of Postilions

1. Noun. (plural of postilion) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Postilions

1. postilion [n] - See also: postilion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Postilions

posthypnotic
posthypnotic amnesia
posthypnotic suggestion
posthypnotic suggestions
postic
postical
postiche
postiches
posticous
postictal
postideological
postie
posties
postil
postilion
postilions (current term)
postilla
postillation
postillations
postillator
postillators
postilled
postiller
postillers
postillion
postillions
postils
postimpact
postimperial
postimplantation

Literary usage of Postilions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Stranger in France: Or, A Tour from Devonshire to Paris by John Carr (1803)
"Cheap travelling to Paris. — Diligences. — French postilions. — Spanish postilions. — Norman Horses. — Bolbec. - Natives of Cant. ..."

2. The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt by Leigh Hunt (1850)
"Story of the Ants.— Scepticism generated in postilions by travelling. — Bologna.— Modena. — Contrasted character of their inhabitants.—Parma. —Placenta. ..."

3. The Queen of Letter Writers, Marquise de Sévigné, Dame de Bourbilly, 1626-1696 by Janet Aldis (1907)
"CHAPTER XXIII The Marquise and her household go to Brittany for the belle saison—Her cavalcade of carriages, pack-horses, and postilions—The tenantry ..."

4. John Howard, and the Prison-world of Europe by William Hepworth Dixon (1850)
"postilions.— A Letter.— Warsaw.— Berlin.— One of the Great Frederick's Couriers.— The Duke of York.— A Year's Labor in England. — Prisoners of War. ..."

5. Society As I Have Found It by Ward McAllister (1890)
"The Four-in-Hand Craze — postilions and Outriders Follow — A Trotting-Horse Courtship — Cost of Newport Picnics Then and Now — Driving off a Bridge — An ..."

6. Excursions in the Interior of Russia: Including Sketches of the Character by Robert Bremner (1839)
"Statistics of the Government of Vladimir—Mm vest Scenery— Terrible Roads—A Stand-still—How to treat the postilions, or Russian Persuasion—State of the Roads ..."

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